Feed Which Videos Are Protected? Lawmakers Get a Lesson (nytimes.com)
Members of Congress are learning the complexities of copyright law in the wide world of blogging and video clips.
Feed Software Tool of Pirates Gets Work in Hollywood (nytimes.com)
Hollywood studios are going into business with one of their biggest tormentors: the peer-to-peer pioneer BitTorrent.
Feed Design on Diagonal Path in Pursuit of a Faster Chip (nytimes.com)
A maker of software tools has made it possible to route lines diagonally for semiconductor chips, which will add to the speed, efficiency and performance of a generation of smaller chips.
Submission + - Energy Firm to Cancel new Coal-Fired Plants
evil agent writes: From the Washington Post article:
TXU, the largest energy provider in Texas, agreed last night to a $45 billion buyout that would not only be the largest private-equity deal in history but would also feature an unusual twist: The buyers have promised environmental groups they would cancel a slew of coal-fired power plants on the firm's drawing boards.
Submission + - The Online Dictionary is Reborn with Word Source.
Nich writes: "Word Source aims to be a panacea (look it up — www.word.sc/panacea) for people who look up words frequently and are tired of the cumbersome, advertisement-laden interfaces on other dictionary websites. The home page is slick, reminiscent of Google, proudly proclaims that "the online dictionary is reborn," and encourages you to "never leave your address bar," by using a URL to look up words. For example, to look up "television," you would simply point your browser at word.sc/television and presto — defined. While you're there, you can explore "the social dictionary" and view/share photos of your favorite words, "rate" them, and "tag" words based on your experience with them, amongst other things."
Submission + - Bram Cohen Interview on new Distribution Network
An anonymous reader writes: BitTorrent has announced the release of their new "BitTorrent Entertainment Network." What does Bram Cohen, founder and CEO of BitTorrent, Inc. have to say about all this? In an interview with Slyck.com, Bram discusses DRM, Mark Cuban, and a lot more.
Submission + - Youtube Claims DMCA Covers Public Events
simon writes: "Does the DMCA prevent you from recording public events? Apparently so, as one West Australian Citizen Journalist find out last week when YouTube removed his public recordings of the Red Bull Air Race at the request of IMG Media. From the article:
"...it raises a much larger issue with respect to copyright. Are IMG Media, the people that organize the Red Bull Air Race, suggesting that they own the copyright to all free public displays of the Red Bull Air Race? What type of precedent would that set?
Microsoft Plays Up Open Source 224
An anonymous reader writes "Recently Microsoft's open source software lab posted PostgreSQL on Windows: A Primer. Postgres is one of the longest running open source databases — it has been around for nearly 11 years. The powerful object-relational database is a direct competitor to other OSS databases, as well as Microsoft's SQL Server 2005. So why is Microsoft promoting it? I get Redmond's interest in boosting anything that runs on Windows as a platform. Is this simply a case of left-hand, right-hand, or is something deeper going on?"
Submission + - Dumping .info TLD for good?
tulare writes: "To the chagrin of postmasters and webmasters everywhere, the newish .info and .biz domains have become the realm of all that is seedy on the Internet, from popup-laden porn sites to every imaginable R)oleX and Herbal V14GrA advertising domain. From this writer's point of view, there is simply nothing on .info or .biz that is not at some level related to spam.
My question is this: at what point, and what sorts of efforts can be taken to simply drop the entire mess that has become .info and .biz? I'm sure ICANN would need to get involved, but perhaps a petition drive to convince DNS server admins to blackhole those TLDs would be a starting point to show public support for denying spammers the cheap safe haven they now have. Thoughts?"
My question is this: at what point, and what sorts of efforts can be taken to simply drop the entire mess that has become
Submission + - Carnegie Mellon To have Open Source in New Program
perlhacker14 writes: "Carnegie Mellon is integrating Open Source components into its new MS Software Management Curriculum. This also includes a new elective on the Open Source world and software, under the idea that Open Source is the path of tomorrow. With outsourcing increasing, the idea is to go beyond software engineering to management, increasing security and value for graduates. Overall, it is a huge leap forward, with the combination of Software Management and Open Source.
Story: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/KUgPOhhQdrmRJa/C arnegie-Mellon-Folds-Open-Source-Into-New-Degree-O ffering.xhtml"
Story: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/KUgPOhhQdrmRJa/
Submission + - Microsoft: The World's Biggest Cybersquatter?
An anonymous reader writes: What happens if you use Internet Explorer and try to visit a domain that doesn't actually exist? Microsoft sends you to an automatically generated results page filled with related pay-per-click ads. Click any ad and MS earns $$$. Earthlink is doing this too and Charter just got into the game. Is Firefox next?
http://www.dailydomainer.com/200784-microsoft-eart hlink-charter-cybersquatting.html
http://www.dailydomainer.com/200784-microsoft-ear
Submission + - Cracking Open the Door to Open Source
An anonymous reader writes: http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editori alsid=688
Pre-Installed Linux On Dells Coming 340
When Michael Dell took back the reins of he company he founded, one of the first things he did was to launch the feedback site Dell Idea Storm. Following up on the recent Slashdot discussion of the early results of this experiment — an overwhelming expressed desire for pre-loaded Linux — Dell reports on what it plans to do with this feedback. Quoting: "[W]e are working with Novell to certify our corporate client products for Linux, including our OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision workstations. [On the question of which distro to choose:] "[T]here is no single customer preference for a distribution of Linux... We want users to have the opportunity to help define the market for Linux on desktop and notebook systems. In addition to working with Novell, we are also working with other distributors and evaluating the possibility of additional certifications across our product line."
Submission + - Why Linus hates GNOME.
nnkx00 writes: DesktopLinux.com is running a story about why Linus hates the GNOME Desktop Environment. And while the bulk of the story is spent telling of Linus' complaints, the real story is about how to make a good out-of-the-box desktop environment that works for people just sitting down at a machine, and yet is customizable.
